Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-11-11
Fatal Accident at Federal ST.
Crossing.

Fatal Accident at Federal ST.
Crossing.
Death, long-expected occupant of
the locomotive pilot, rode in upon en-
CINE No 3S7 AZ the Federal street
Gro ssing of the Pittsburg, Fort
Wayne and Chicago Railway ia AL
legheny. last Thursday evening, tax
ing away the life from the manlv idol
of be- iful home, and terminating
the earthly existence OF a beloved sis
ter of two of Pittsburg's prominent
business men John NJ Culp. teller
ofthe Old Fellows Savings Bank,
aud Miss Harriet Weyman were al
most instantly killed while on thei.
way home in PIttsburg, Allegheny
and Manchester street Car about 6
o'clock that evening
On the car were Mr.. Gregg, of Lo-
gan. Gregg & Co, Councilman Thos
Parke, Howard Williams and num-
Der of other prominent citizens. At
the rear end OF the car We're seated,
on either side. Mr John NJ Culp.
teller in the Odd Fellows National
Bank, and Miss Harriet Weyman.
sister to the tobacconist of that name.
Mr. Culp was dressed in his best
clothes. He was going to euchre
party, given on Western avenue by
his brother-in-law. Charles L. Lee,
where his wife already was, and he
had been detained at his office, and
was rather hurried. Miss Weyman
had started out that afternoon to do
some shopping She had been at
Horne's and McClintock's purchasing
a number of articles, and now. with
her little hand-satchel resting on her
lap, she was preparing to return to
her home. 1873 North avenue.
The driver of the car whipped up
the horses as he passed the bridge,
and started briskly up Federal street
When within few yards of the Fed
eral street crossing OF the Pittsburg,
Fort Wayne and Chicago railroad
the warning rings of the lowering
safety gates was heard, and the driver
stopped the street car with the noses
of the horse right at the gates In a
minute q short construction train
bearing the debris of some wrecked
car passed west, though running on
the east 5ouad track. The old gate
keeper, Patrick Tarr; with his lazy
swinging lantern, stood by the gate
holding il open for the construction
train to pass, while his assistant, Mr..
Cunningham. stood looking on in the
little watch house. In the space of
minute the train sped quickly by and
while Cunningham raised the safety
gates Tarr slowly closed the yard en-
trance With crack of his whip,
streetcar driver Carol started No
% across the track. Happening to
gaze down toward the West Penn
tra.k he gave a cry of horror, which
was echoed from the pc Jple in the car
Withia few yards of the street car,
was time.freight No. 337 Alexander
Mackain, engineer-wlth draft of
twenty-seven cars. speeding towards
them at the rate of ten miles an hour.
Carol gave his team terrific cut and
they feirly jumped across the track
Every body in the car arose to their
feet.to be thrown down iD en- instant,
and then, ere anyone could think how
it was, there was crash at the rear.
the Car was thrown from the track at
the rear end Another crash and 81
lence. The moment tie car stopped
it was seen that two of the passengers
were missing. They We're Mr.. Culp
and Miss Weyman. The great
freight had stopped. but every wheel
on six cars was red with human blood
and torn clothes were scattered every.
where. The engine had broken the
gate at the yard entrance and about
twenty feet inside, ground into an un-
recognizable mass of mud, clothes aud
humanity. J. M Culp's body lay in
front of the cowcatcher, while his
right arm was back in the middle of
the street He had evidently seen
the approaching train, and springing
W Ills iCCG dtlCiu pICo w OSSoPO ouo
the back door and was Knocked off by
the collision right under the wheels
of the car. His right arm was cut of
and then dragged twenty feet, while
his head and body was crushed into q
pulp.
Miss Weyman also rushed out on
the rear platform and met her death.
She was knocked off, but fell with her
head resting on the track, which was
struck by the front wheel and split
right in the center, cutting her brown
hair as neatly as possible. Her lett
foot was also on the rail. 1t was al
so split in two up to her ankle. Her
forehead also had deep ugly cash,
deep into her brain. She wore a
double set of false teeth. and they bad
been dislocated by the shock, coming
half out of her mouth when wheel
crushed them through her upper lip
and making solid b loody mass
which lay by her side. Her little
satchel was absolutely torn to shreds,
and the only vestige by which to
identify her was reeking handker-
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